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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department
has allocated to programmes supporting the payment of living wages in global value
chains; and whether this funding is supporting workers in the cocoa sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her
Department's Economic Development Strategy, what steps she is taking to track progress
towards the achievement of living incomes in developing countries.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East facilities and institutions
are not being used by terrorist groups for combat purposes.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East officials, especially
those in Lebanon and Syria, to support Palestinian refugees to receive (1) citizenship,
and (2) fair treatment from host governments.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment
he has made of the effect on his Department's climate-focused work of planning for
the UK to leave the EU without a deal.

<p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves
the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent
G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats
of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at
the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have,
since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working
on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number
of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his
Department who previously focused on climate change have moved to a role to plan for
the UK leaving without a deal since July 2019.

<p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves
the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent
G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats
of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at
the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have,
since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working
on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number
of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p>

<p>As one of the largest donors to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), DFID
is helping to ensure that children in Kenya have access to high quality education.
GPE supports the Government of Kenya to develop national education sector plans, improve
early grade mathematics and strengthen school management systems. Through UK support
to the Girls’ Education Challenge, we are also improving learning opportunities and
outcomes for Kenya’s most marginalised girls.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with the
Kenyan Ministry of Education in 2015, DFID provided funding to rigorously test a new
structured approach to early grade teaching. The approach helped teachers better meet
the needs of all students, provided continual coaching and monitoring, and improved
teaching materials. The Kenyan Government scaled the approach nationwide. Independent
research shows this reform led to the percentage of grade two children meeting learning
benchmarks in English rising from 34% to 65%.</p>

<p>DFID is helping to improve life opportunities and learning outcomes for the most
vulnerable girls in Kenya including those who are pregnant, through our £154 million
Girls Education Challenge (GEC) programme. Through investments in catch up classes,
financial assistance, and support for life skills and confidence building, GEC is
supporting girls who are pregnant and young mothers, to re-enter education.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has
had with the Kenyan Government on the implementation of the National Re-entry Guidelines
for Learners in Basic Education.

<p>The Secretary of State has not yet had the opportunity to meet representatives
of the Kenyan Government.</p><p>DFID officials continue to discuss the importance
of inclusive education with senior representatives at the Ministry of Education, although
DFID has not been consulted on the draft National Re-entry Guidelines for Learners
in Basic Education. DFID support through the Global Partnership for Education and
the Girls’ Education Challenge Fund helps to improve access to education and learning
for the most vulnerable children, including support for re-entry.</p>